Pritzker calls for changes after “awful” reports of abuse at developmental center
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker called patient abuses at the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in rural Anna “awful” and ...
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At a remote mental health facility, a culture of cruelty persists despite decades of warnings
Over a year ago, the security chief at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in southern Illinois sent an email ...
A disabled young patient was sent to get treatment. He was abused instead. And he wasn’t the last.
A 24-year-old with developmental disabilities was brutally beaten by his caretakers inside a state-run facility with a long history of ...
Criminal case against senior staff at state-run hospital dismissed
The official misconduct case against a Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center senior staff member was dismissed on Thursday.
Charges filed against man accused of abusing developmentally disabled woman at state-run facility
A state employee charged last month with molesting a child now faces a charge of aggravated criminal sexual assault of ...
Man accused of sexual misconduct with patient at state-run facility charged with child molestation in unrelated case
A man charged last month with molesting a child had been receiving a paycheck from the state for more than ...
Administrator of state-run developmentally disabled center accused of obstructing investigation
Documents filed in a southern Illinois court this week allege a Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center senior staff member ...
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